The Times said, “California’s Democratic primary owes a debt of gratitude to Bernie Sanders for a campaign that has emphasized issues that otherwise might have been ignored,” but nonetheless, the voters “should cast their votes for Hillary Clinton.”

What’s most puzzling however is the Times’ assertion that Clinton “represents a better candidate to take on Donald Trump.”

Have they not seen the polls? Currently the Real Clear Politics average has Clinton ahead of Trump by just 1.5 points – virtually a dead heat. And the spread has narrowed considerably over the months.

Meanwhile, a Sanders/Trump head-to-head match-up shows Sanders significantly ahead of Trump. In fact, there’s not a single national poll that shows Trump beating Sanders.

So it’s not clear what the LA Times editorial board is smoking, but it looks like they got it from Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.

In any event, if the polls are anything to go by, it also looks like Clinton is indeed the best bet…to get beat.

Meet Allen West

Allen West was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia in the same neighborhood where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once preached. He is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family.

During his 22 year career in the United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel West served in several combat zones: in Operation Desert Storm, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was a Battalion Commander in the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, and later in Afghanistan.